Anthony Perkins

Have you ever thought victories could possibly be hidden by negativity? The Awakening, a novel written by Kate Chopin, is a novel that can be considered out of the ordinary due to the ambiguous ending concerning the main Character committing suicide. Edna is a married woman who feels restricted by the image that society places on women. Throughout the novel she meets other characters who inspire her to break through society’s restrictions. After her and Mr. Pontellier move back to their home in…

In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens the female characters of Miss Havisham and Mrs. Joe embodied rebellious female figures that deny women’s prescribed behavior at home in the society of Victorian era. The two female characters depict vivid and determining roles that refuse motherhood, marriage and self-sacrifice in different ways, but the outcome of their denial is quiet equal: both of them are punished for the refusal of their expected maternal roles in drastic, violent ways. In the…

Dattani focuses on fractured interpersonal relationship within the familial relationship.There is a lack of emotional attachment and understanding towards others’ views and opinions found in the families.There is no familial concord in Tara Where There’s a Will, Thirty Days in September and Bravely Fought the Queen. Unrevealed mysteries cast their dark shadows upon the lives of the characters. The play Bravely Fought the Queen portrays the domestic violence and betrayal in the family of Dolly…

Vast catastrophe of one’s life “The Yellow wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkin is a journal an entry written by a woman who becomes obsessed by the wallpaper because her husband has confined her to the bedroom of a house. The narrator uses symbols to demonstrate the oppression of women by men and the struggle for equality during the 1800s. Also, these three symbols show the women’s imprisonment, inevitable madness, and isolation that end in despair. First of all, the yellow wallpaper itself is one…

Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" is a one act play based in the early 20th century that includes strong feminist elements that fit well with the time and the world-wide women's rights movement. The play is a murder mystery surrounding the Wrights, Mrs. Wright the wife, and John Wright the murder victim. The story also uses the general mood of society toward women and how they were viewed as beneath most men and not having the intelligence or ability to perform as well as men in most situations. The…

PART A 1) On pages 42-43 of ‘The Fatal Equilibrium’ Henry Spearman’s daughter, Patricia, makes an error when discussing demand. She discusses what would happen to her ‘quantity demanded’ if there was a gorilla in her waiting room, rather than ‘demand’. As we read we can see that Henry’s exasperated reaction is to cringe slightly with laughter, although he wants to tell his daughter she has made an error, he decides against it. When talking about quantity demanded - the amount of a product people…

Two women facing social injustice From women being forced to marry at the age of 12 to not being able to receive education, women face many troubling social injustices throughout the world in a variety of ways. To further educate myself on troublesome social injustices I read two books: I am Nujood age 10 and divorced and I am Malala. Both books represent the troubling realities of two women and how they fought to make their circumstances better. The first book I read: I am Nujood…

Someone once said, “ Life is like an elevator: on your way up, sometimes, you have to stop and let some people off.” Sal’s life is just like this quote when Sal had to let go of her mother but, didn’t want to. Sal could not accept her mother’s death but eventually she does. In the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech one theme is that happiness can be found in even the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light. One of the best themes is that happiness can be found…

This essay dwells upon a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper”. It analyzes the characters, style, themes and symbols of the story. Also, the essay examines the author’s contribution to the development of early feminism in the 19th century and describes those events in Gilman’s life which could become the basis for this story, which, in fact, is partially autobiographical. The author speaks on behalf of a woman who spends days and nights in a room with yellow wallpaper.…

Compare and contrast how the two female charters are presented in the stories “Veronica” and “The Necklace”. In the stories Veronica and the necklace, the female characters Veronica and Madame Loisel are represented in many different ways. In both the stories, the writers explore the theme of fatalism. however, the characters view it differently. With both the stories being written in different times and places, it might affect how a woman is brought up and what opportunities she is granted.…